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compatible

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  1. consonant             
 
com.pat.i.ble \k*m-'pat-*-b*l\ \-ble-\ aj [MF, fr. ML compatibilis, lit., 
   sympathetic, fr. LL compati] 1: capable of existing together in harmony  2: 
   capable of cross-fertilizing freely or uniting vegetatively  3: being or 
   relating to a system in which color television broadcasts may  be received 
   in black and white on receivers without special modification 4: capable of 
   forming a homogeneous mixture that neither separates nor is  altered by 
   chemical interaction - com.pat.i.ble.ness n